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public art birdsong summer ‘25
PUBLIC ART EVENTS at BIRDSONG FARM GALLERY
JUNE – OCTOBER, 2025
Regional & International Artists for Public Art & Dialogue
Gallery Hours: Fridays: 2-5pm
Sat/Sun(s): 10am-3:30pm
Birdsong Farm Gallery 38718 NY-10, Hamden, NY 13782
Print by Victoria Vesna, Hamden, NY, July 5-30, 2025
EXHIBITIONS & POETRY
[SUN]Flower Plasma & [Alien] Star Dust - Cosmic Encounters in Two Acts
Victoria Vesna
Installation and Meditation Events
Exhibition: July 5-30, 2025
Experience cosmic resonance through Augmented Reality, projection, and meditation, blending [SUN]Flower Plasma and [Alien] Star Dust.
JULY 5 & 12 Events
Noon-2pm | Daytime Launch & Farmer’s Market
Experience AR-enhanced prints activated by your mobile device. Visitors can download the app to reveal shimmery micrometeorites in their surroundings, take it home, and disperse pollution particles - a poetic gesture toward planetary healing.
Presented alongside the farmer’s market, this midday event invites you to explore both earthly abundance and cosmic presence. Includes sunflower snacks and live blackboard drawings by the artist.
7-9pm | Evening Projection & Solar Meditation
As night falls, return for a meditative sunset journey with sound and visuals drawn from both works. Led by Victoria Vesna, this immersive experience invites collective reflection on solar rhythms, interstellar dust, and shared stillness. (Repeats on July 12)
JULY 6 | Special Event, 11-2pm
Hox Zodiac Brunch & REFUGE film screening honoring the 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday.
Please RSVP john@studioicai.org
HALCYON READING SERIES
JULY 11, 5:30-8pm
Deirdre Larkin & Tom Groves Antiphon/Schmantiphon
Upcoming: August Margret Wibmer, SALON D’AMOUR; September Fritz Horstman, Title TBA; Aug 15 - Halcyon Reading Series, Daria Fain, Robert Kocik & Brenda Ijima, TBA; Sept - Halcyon Reading Series, Readers & Dates TBA
Tri-County Glass, Snyder’s Greenhouse,
art of mind meditation retreat / TBA
recent events
Sunday, November 24 at 5:00pm ET USA
For more information: Episodes — INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVISM INTERNATIONAL/ F.I.U.
“Following Harry” is an intimate documentary film that follows 96-year-old civil rights icon Harry Belafonte as he continues his mission of social justice. The film explores Belafonte’s work with young activists, his thoughts on the current state of race relations in America, and his vision for the future. This inspiring portrait of a cultural and civil rights icon weaves together moments of activism and personal reflection, showcasing the impact of Belafonte’s legacy.
Harry Belafonte (@followingharryfilm) • Instagram photos and videos
Following Harry | Facebook
Belafonte-Nasso Productions (@followingharry) | TikTok
Friday, November 8 at 1:00PM ET USA
For more information: Episodes — INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVISM INTERNATIONAL/ F.I.U.
Building on the “Art + Physics = Energy” explorations, [SUN] Flower Plasma delves into the ecological and geopolitical significance of sunflowers and the scientific importance of Alfvén waves. A collaboration between Victoria Vesna and plasma physicist Dr. Walter Gekelman.
🔗 SUNFLOWERPLASMA.COM
Sunday, November 3 at 6:30PM ET USA
For more information: Episodes — INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVISM INTERNATIONAL/ F.I.U.
SALON D’AMOUR by MARGRET WIBMER at ‘Omukaino-ie’ house, Kikugawa area, Kanazawa, Japan, 2024. In collaboration with ’Tsuzuru’ for ‘A place that is vanishing while being born’ Curators: Akane Nakamori, Sae Shimizu. Assistant curator: Arisa Kasama.
Thursday, January 23rd at 9:30AM ET USA
For more information: Episodes — INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVISM INTERNATIONAL/ F.I.U.
Culture Declares Emergency (CDE) is a growing movement of individuals and organizations involved in arts and culture who are declaring a climate and ecological emergency. This means truth-telling, care-taking, and change-making. Cultural Activism International Project joined CDE in this declaration in the fall of 2023 and will host the first CDE Hubs meeting within an online public forum. We welcome you to join us to see what our peer member organization declarers are doing.
TUNING FORK EPISODE 48:
CONVERSATION WITH THE COLLABORATORS
SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 5-6 PM EDT/ 2-3 PM PT / 11-12 CET
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Thursday, March 20, 1-2PM ET USA
With Alana Seigel, poet, discusses her new workshops, and more…
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TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.
Thursday, April 17, 1-2PM ET USA
With Jennifer Kabat, author of The Eighth Moon
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TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.
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EPISODE 49:
Jaanika Peerna
friday, May 30th, 3:00PM ET USA
Friday, May 30, 3:00PM ET USA
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85187362503
Join us for a conversation with Estonian-American artist now living in Portugal, Spain. For a preview of Jaanika’s work, visit www.jaanikapeerna.net
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Episode 36: ruangrupa
Saturday, September 17, 2022, 2:30 ET
Meet the collaborative Indonesian-based collective that curated 2022’s experimental Documenta 15, Kassel, Germany. They have been under critical fire from the German and European media for supposed “Anti-Semitic” aspects of the exhibition. This has severely threatened future Documentas.
Image: ruangrupa, 2019, Ajeng Nurul Aini, farid rakun, Iswanto Hartono, Mirwan Andan, Indra Ameng, Ade Darmawan, Daniella Fitria Praptono, Julia Sarisetiati, Reza Afisina, Photo: Gudskul / Jin Panji
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Guests (in order of appearance): Anne Waldman · Alan Todd · Lucia Cuba · Fredericka Foster · Monet Clark · Weronika Trojanska · Ogema Barking Dog Darryl Brown · Cyril Christo & Marie Wilkinson · Godfrey Reggio · Anais Maviel · Victoria Vesna · Janine von Thuengen · Joaquin Torres-Garcia · Gaetano Kazuo Maida · Patrick Meagher · Alan W. Moore · Grimanesa Amoros · Gordon Skinner · Nancy Azara · Chuyia Chia · George Quasha · Giana Pilar Gonzalez · Nerenda Eid · Linda Weintraub · Praxis: Brainard Carey & Delia Bajo · Margret Wibmer · Pia Dehne · Celeste Lecesne · Ackroyd & Harvey · Allan Wexler · Deborah de Robertis · Penny Slinger · Special Edition: Ukraine · Gene Pendon · Arahmaiani Feisal · ruangrupa · Qiao Xingyue · Stalker (Giulia Fiocca & Lorenzo Romito) · Kristin McIver · Tenzin Choegyal · Alex Winter
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